Carriage hood and method of making the same



April 2 1929.

= "o. w. sIEBER-r CARRIAGE HOOD AND*METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Dec.19, 1927 Patented Apr. 2, 1929. I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO W. SIEBERT, OF GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS'ASSIGNOR TO 0. W. SIEBRRTCOM- PANY, F GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAGE HOOD AND METHOD OF vMAKIN G THE SAME.

Application filed December 19, 1927. Serial No. 241,126.

This invention relates to a carriage hood or other similar article ofmanufacture which is provided with a covering of woven fibre or reed andwith an edge roll. In such articles as heretofore made, the edge rollwas not always satisfactorily or effectively secured to the article, andthe article had an unfinished and somewhat unsightly appearance at theinner edge of the roll.

It is the general object of my invention to provide an improved edgeroll construction by which the appearance of the article s muchimproved, the cost of manufacture 1S reduced, and the wearing qualitiesare increased.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved method ofprocedure by which such an article may be conveniently and economicallyproduced.

My invention further relates to arrangements and combinations of partswhich will be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention 18 shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 is a side elevation of a carriage hood provided with a woven coveringand an edge roll embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a partial plan view of the edge roll in the process ofconstruction;

Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the edge roll provided with finishedselvages;

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation. taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 1 andshowing the edge roll applied to a hood having a wooden frame memberFig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 but showing the roll applied'to ahood having a metal frame member; and

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of metal frame member.

Referring to the drawings, I have indicated in Figs. 1 and 4 a type ofcarriage hood having a wooden edge frame member 10 (Fig. 4) to which acovering 11 of woven fibre or reed is secured by tacks or otherfastening devices 12, the parts thus far described being of the usualconstruction.

My improved edge roll 14 is formed from an elongated and relativelynarrow strip of woven fibre or reed in which the cross members or stakes15 extend substantially beyond the longitudinal edges. This material maybe woven in a loom as a continuous fabric, with the edges thereafterraveled out to provide the projecting stakes 15, or it ma be woven byhand or otherwise in the exact orm shown in Fig. 2.

The strip of material to form the edge roll 14 is thereafter providedwith finished longitudinal edges by bending the stakes 15 lengthwise ofthe fabric and interweaving the stakes to form the woven selvagesindicated in Fig. 3, the strip of material 14 remaining substantiallyfiat and straight. The material 14 is thereafter bent along itslongitudinal axis to the U-shaped section indicated in Fig. 4 and isthereafter fitted around the, edge frame members 10 and is secured inposition by fastening members 18, which may be in the form of rivets andwhich preferably extend throughthecoveringmaterialll and through bothedge portions of the roll 14.

The edge roll is thus firmly secured in place and entirely conceals boththe frame member 10 and the edge of the layer 11 secured by thefastening devices 12. Furthermore, the exposed edges of the roll 14 areboth interwoven to provide finished selvages and present a pleasing andattractive appearance in the finished article while at the same timethey cannot ravel or fray and are adapted for long and continuousservice.

In Fig. 5, I have indicated the application of an edge roll 14 'to ahood or other article in which the edge frame member is a metal bar 20,U-shaped in section, clamped about theedge of the covering layer 21, andadditionally secured by rivets 22 if desired; The finished article doesnot differ in appearance from the article having the wood frame member10, except for the slightly different contour of the edge roll.

In Fig. 6, I have indicated a metal frame construction in which flatbars 25 are secured on each side of the edge of a covering layer 26. Anedge roll 14 is to be thereafter applied in the same manner as shown inFig. 5. i

It will be understood that the invention, while described with referenceto a carriage hood, is capable also of general application to otherarticles covered with woven fibre or reed and of more or less similarconstruction.

In the claims, the Words fibre is to be taksn as including both real andartificial ree Having thus described my invention and the advantagesthereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein shown anddescribed ot-herwise than' as sei; fqrth in the claims,vbut wha tIclaims is:

1. A fibre covered article of manufacture HER LH d f am mem e a lay offli s mere cu i dto, said ed, frame member, a iveven fibre edge rollhaving selvages of interwoven stakes and substantially U-shaped in crosssection, said r011 edge enclosing and eenccalillg' said edge framemember and the edge of said covering layer, and extending inward asubstantial distance along both faces of said covering layer, and meansto secure brot lrjedg'e per iQnSQf said r011 :fimnly against the twofaces of said CQYQlZing layer imvai:.d from said edge frame.

2. A fibre covered article .of manufacture cemprising an edge framemember, a covering layer 9;? Woven fibre secured to said edge framemember, a woven fibre edge rell having 055 int Yes e11 stakes andsubstan ially:U-shaped in cross s t en, a d 1:011 enclosing and,cencealing said edge frame member and the vedge eisaid Woven slantially .UTShQ layer, and fastening elements extending tliroiigh bothedge portions of said rell and threugh the interposed layer of coveringmateliel- 3; The wil ed f prqdimia WQW fibre article Wliicheensisfs inprmiiding anedge frame member, securing a layer of covering materialthereto, provic'linga strip of Woven fibre he s p j s 511bstant-iallybeyond the longitudinal edges thereof, bending and interweaidng=thesgakes to form finished selvages 01 said trip .1"- WOV fibre, endirgsaid stripei fibre ab ifi 1 e gitudinal Lte 133m an edge mil subd infcress se ti n, and curing said edge roll arennd said edge frame memberand &iQL, ll. 1 B edgeefsa d QQYQB- ing layer by inse ng fast ning elemn s extending through belch edge pert-ions 0; said rell and through theinterim ,1 mis inglayer. r In testinmny w ereof I hare he eu to fixed mysignai ure.

,OTTG W. SIEBEBT.

